张宗元
JANG Jongwan(b.1983) portrays the endless anxiety of human-centered societies and modern humanity, which emphasizes selfish rationality, in a peculiar warm but cynical perspective. His paintings, in a classical way, mix with the artist's view of contemporary society. Unlike the so-called "barbershop", which has an impression of easy and familiar, work is full of pity and ridicule that makes the viewer discover a new meaning. The ironic landscape maximizes its kitschiness by being drawn on the back of the animal skin, a mixture of human wishes for salvation, neglected nature and animals, blind and insanity beliefs.
The artist wants to expand the area of the image by attempting to work on video and installation. The eyes of the animals in the video look somewhat like those of humans, and the anxiety and confusion of their eyes seem to communicate with the viewer. Unlike the world on the screen with a comfortable color, our gaze facing him again returns to an uneasy and cold reality. The artist humorously twists the human desire for salvation which represented by utopia or heaven, and asks in which direction what lies in our desire is headed.
JANG Jongwan held solo exhibitions at Arario Museum in Space (Seoul, Korea) in 2020, Arario Gallery (Seoul, Korea) in 2017, Kumho Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) and Willing & Dealing (Seoul, Korea) in 2014, He also participated in group exhibition such as Ulsan Art Museum (Ulsan, Korea) in 2022, Willing & Dealing, Daegu Art Museum (Daegu, Korea), MOCA (Busan, Korea), Ilmin Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea), SeMA Buk-Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) in 2021, Seoul 284 (Seoul, Korea) in 2020, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Cheongju, Korea and BOAN (Seoul, Korea)) in 2019, Yeosu International Arts Festival (Yoesu, Korea) and Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) in 2018, Hite Collection (Seoul, Korea) in 2017, Arario Museum Tapdong Bike Shop (Jeju, Korea) in 2015, Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale (Shenzhen, China) and Daegu Art Museum (Daegu, Korea) in 2014, Arko Museum (Seoul, Korea) in 2012, Alt Space Loop (Seoul, Korea) in 2011, Doosan Gallery (Seoul, Korea) in 2009.
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Alps Dandelion, 2021
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He Is Bashful in Doing Anything, 2021
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Like, Hate, 2021
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Scene 1: The Colors Are Still Very Deep, 2021
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Scene 2: The Ending was Pretty Obvious , 2021
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Badge Hunting, 2020
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He Kept Twirling His Mustache, 2020
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Pandemic Constellation 2, 2020
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Pandemic Constellation 4, 2020
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Portrait 1, 2020
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Portrait 2, 2020
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Portrait 4, 2020
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Portrait 5, 2020
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Portrait 6, 2020
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Portrait 7, 2020
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Restored Garden 2, 2020
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The Last Speech, 2020
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The Six Halls 2, 2020
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White Ant Village, 2020
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내일 모레 | Day After Tomorrow, 2020
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무대 | The Stage, 2020
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푸른 아우라 | Blue Aura, 2020
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프롬프터 1 | Prompter 1, 2020
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프롬프터 2 | Prompter 2, 2020
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Gaze at Mushroom, 2019
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History Painting 1, 2019
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History Painting 2, 2019
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History Painting 3, 2019
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History Painting 4, 2019
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History Painting 5, 2019
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Holy Day, 2019
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Hooray!!, 2019
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NMLR-1, 2019
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NMLR-11, 2019
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NMLR-17, 2019
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NMLR-9, 2019
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Pieta, 2019
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Portrait 10, 2019
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Portrait 8, 2019
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Portrait 9, 2019
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Red High Mushrooms, 2019
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Soulmate, 2019
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The Birth of Cicada, 2019
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The Black Animal, 2019
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The Great Stone Family, 2019
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The Red Mushrooms, 2019
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The Red Pipe , 2019
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The Six Halls, 2019
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Untitled, 2019
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White Domes, 2019
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7개의 북소리 | Seven Drum Beat, 2018
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A Fox From The East, 2018
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Faces, 2018
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Ginseng Bodhisattva, 2018
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Parrot Trial, 2018
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Pink Hand, 2018
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Portrait study, 2018
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Sweaty Head 2, 2018
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The Last Frog, 2018
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Under the Red Roof, 2018
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내일 모레 | Day after Tomorrow, 2018
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데굴데굴 | Roll Over and Over, 2018
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사냥꾼의 시 | The Poem of Hunter, 2018
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여신님 | The Goddess, 2018
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참회하는 생활 | A Penitential Life, 2018
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Be Flushed, 2017
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Crocodile Tears, 2017
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Dear Dodo, 2017
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Frog and Lightening, 2017
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Omen 1, 2017
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Omen 2, 2017
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Omen 3, 2017
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Please Wait Until I Have Finished, 2017
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Right and Wrong 3, 2017
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The Gift, 2017
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The Record, 2017
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The Record 2, 2017
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The Squirrel Visits Her House Often, 2017
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The Steel Blues, 2017
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귀가 | Come Home, 2017
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냄새 | Smell, 2017
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돌아온 탕아 | The prodigal son , 2017
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미래로부터 | From Future, 2017
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붉은 산 아래 | Under the Red Mountain, 2017
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붉은 클로버 | Red Clover, 2017
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붉은 풍년 | The Red rich year, 2017
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신들의 황혼 | The twilight of the Gods, 2017
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어흥 | A Roar, 2017
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은퇴 생활 | A Retired Life , 2017
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파랑새와 개구리 | Blue Birds and Frog, 2017
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Alarm, 2016
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Charming Point, 2016
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Cloud 1 , 2016
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Couple, 2016
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Happy Together, 2016
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Home Sweet Home!, 2016
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Home Sweet Home!, 2016
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I Can Do It!, 2016
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In Some Other Place, 2016
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Lion King, 2016
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Right and Wrong, 2016
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Right and Wrong 2, 2016
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The Holy Paper, 2016
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The Holy Paper, 2016
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The Red Shit, 2016
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The Tower, 2016
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Walk with God, 2016
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Weird Light, 2016
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White Tiger and Boxer, 2016
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White Tiger with Boxer, 2016
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A Yell of Delight, 2015
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He Spoke and All Was Still, 2015
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The Couple, 2015
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The Gracious Hand, 2015
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The Mother's Hand, 2015
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Untitled, 2015
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Honking Woods, 2014
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Oh My Goddess!, 2014
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RIP, 2014
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250 km, 2013
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Sad romance2, 2012
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Weird Stone, 2012
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Weekend Farm
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[Art Fair] Art Busan 2022
2022年5月4日Arario Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the Art Busan 2022, which will run from 1...继续 -
[Art Fair] Galleries Art Fair 2022
2022年3月12日Arario Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the Galleries Art Fair 2022, which will r...继续 -
[Art Fair] Seoul Living Design Fair 2022
2022年2月19日Arario Gallery presents the opportunity to experience NFT works in a tangible form with Kakao Ground...继续 -
[Exhibition] LEE Dongwook, JANG Jongwan: Size Does Matter
2022年1月28日LEE Dongwook and JANG Jongwan are participating in the group exhibition 'Size Does Matter', taking p...继续 -
[Exhibition] JANG Jongwan: Post Nature
2022年1月6日JANG Jongwan's newest works are on view at the inaugural exhibition of Ulsan Art Museum, 'Post Natur...继续 -
[Art Fair] KIAF Seoul 2021
2021年10月8日Arario Gallery participates in Korea’s most important art fair KIAF Seoul 2021 at COEX from 13...继续 -
[Exhibition] JANG Jongwan: To the Moon
2021年9月25日The latest works of JANG Jongwan are now on view at Space Willing & Dealing. Through the works f...继续 -
[Exhibition] JANG Jongwan: Humorland & Co.
2021年9月16日JANG Jongwan's paintings and video work are on display in a group exhibition of Daegu Art Museum, 'H...继续 -
[Exhibition] JANG Jongwan: Sustainable Museum: Art and Environment
2021年6月18日JANG Jongwan participates in the group show 'Sustainable Museum: Art and Environment' at MOCA, Busan...继续 -
[Exhibition] JANG Jongwan: Fortune Telling
2021年4月16日JANG Jongwan participates in 'Fortune Telling', a group exhibition taking place at Ilmin Museum of A...继续 -
[Exhibition] JANG Jongwan: SF2021_A Fantasy Odyssey
2021年3月23日JANG Jongwan participates in 'SF2021: A Fantasy Odyssey', a group exhibition taking place at SeMA. T...继续 -
[Gallery] Happy New Year!
2021年1月1日Happy New Year! Arario Gallery is pleased to announce yet another exciting line up of exhibitions fo...继续 -
[Exhibition] JANG Jongwan: Welcome Back
2020年12月3日JANG Jongwan participates in 'Welcome Back', a group show curated by BAE Enna and KIM Sungwoo at Spa...继续